Chapter 1:
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Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Numbers Joshua
Deuteronomy 1
Concise Complete
The words Moses spake to Israel in the plains of
Moab, The promise of Canaan. (1-8) Judges provided for the people. (9-18) Of the
sending the spies-God's anger for their unbelief and disobedience. (19-46)
Verses 1-8
Moses spake to the people all the Lord had given him in commandment. Horeb was
but eleven days distant from Kadesh-barnea. This was to remind them that their
own bad conduct had occasioned their tedious wanderings; that they might the
more readily understand the advantages of obedience. They must now go forward.
Though God brings his people into trouble and affliction, he knows when they
have been tried long enough. When God commands us to go forward in our Christian
course, he sets the heavenly Canaan before us for our encouragement.
Verses 9-18
Moses reminds the people of the happy constitution of their government, which
might make them all safe and easy, if it was not their own fault. He owns the
fulfilment of God's promise to Abraham, and prays for the further accomplishment
of it. We are not straitened in the power and goodness of God; why should we be
straitened in our own faith and hope? Good laws were given to the Israelites,
and good men were to see to the execution of them, which showed God's goodness
to them, and the care of Moses.
Verses 19-46
Moses reminds the Israelites of their march from Horeb to Kadesh-barnea, through
that great and terrible wilderness. He shows how near they were to a happy
settlement in Canaan. It will aggravate the eternal ruin of hypocrites, that
they were not far from the kingdom of God. As if it were not enough that they
were sure of their God before them, they would send men before them. Never any
looked into the Holy Land, but they must own it to be a good land. And was there
any cause to distrust this God? An unbelieving heart was at the bottom of all
this. All disobedience to God's laws, and distrust of his power and goodness,
flow from disbelief of his word, as all true obedience springs from faith. It is
profitable for us to divide our past lives into distinct periods; to give thanks
to God for the mercies we have received in each, to confess and seek the
forgiveness of all the sins we can remember; and thus to renew our acceptance of
God's salvation, and our surrender of ourselves to his service. Our own plans
seldom avail to good purpose; while courage in the exercise of faith, and in the
path of duty, enables the believer to follow the Lord fully, to disregard all
that opposes, to triumph over all opposition, and to take firm hold upon the
promised blessings.
Chapter 1:
| Darby
| Geneva
| Gill
| Jamieson Faussett Brown
| Matthew Henry
| Matthew Henry Concise
| Wesley
| Index
| Bible Gateway |
Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 Numbers Joshua
Genesis
Exodus
Leviticus
Numbers
Deuteronomy
Joshua
Judges
Ruth
1 Samuel
2 Samuel
1 Kings
2 Kings
1 Chronicles
2 Chronicles
Ezra
Nehemiah
Esther
Job
Psalm
Proverbs
Ecclesiastes
Song of Solomon
Isaiah
Jeremiah
Lamentations
Ezekiel
Daniel
Hosea
Joel
Amos
Obadiah
Jonah
Micah
Nahum
Habakkuk
Zephaniah
Haggai
Zechariah
Malachi
Matthew
Mark
Luke
John
Acts
Romans
1 Corinthians
2 Corinthians
Galatians
Ephesians
Philippians
Colossians
1 Thessalonians
2 Thessalonians
1 Timothy
2 Timothy
Titus
Philemon
Hebrews
James
1 Peter
2 Peter
1 John
2 John
3 John
Jude
Revelation
